Getting Started with VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform

The VMware Bare Metal Automation Installation Guide for VMware Telco Cloud Platform provides information about deploying and configuring VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform.

VMware Bare Metal Automation™ (VMware BMA) for VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ is a bare metal provisioning tool, readying servers for operating system installation. VMware BMA bootstraps the server and installs the necessary software and firmware (BIOS and hardware) for VMware Telco Cloud Automation to start its infrastructure and CaaS automation processes.

For VMware Telco Cloud Platform users, VMware BMA with the help of VMware Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) Workflow Hub provides an end-to-end network automation from initial zero-touch provisioning to supporting network services and network slices. For more information, see the Managing Network Function Catalogs section in the VMware Telco Cloud Automation User Guide at VMware Telco Cloud Automation Documentation.

This installation guide describes the process of installing VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform (VMware BMA). The procedures in this guide are validated in VMware labs.

This document is written for experienced Linux and Windows system administrators who are familiar with data center operations.

Intended Audience

This guide helps deployment engineers to deploy VMware BMA in Cloud Native environment.